Sandhya Bordewekar has been writing on contemporary art and artists from Baroda since 1980. Her reviews and articles have appeared in national newspapers and international art magazines and websites. She has written extensively for art catalogues. Been invited on juries for art shows and collaborated with art galleries in India and the UK to curate exhibitions to showcase young artists from Baroda/India. She has also undertaken research projects related to cultural documentation. She has been involved with art management, organisation and consultancy for more than 30 years. She has worked as a Founder Member with Heritage Trust, Baroda, to get UNESCO World Heritage Site status for Champaner-Pavagadh, Gujarat's first World Heritage Site. She is currently Managing trustee with Bhasha Research and Publication Centre,vwhich is involved in issues related to tribal development, culture and languages. Since the last right years she is on the Managing Committee of the Navrachana Education Society which runs a number of schools and a university in Baroda.

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Bringing together Devi Prasad, Vasudeo Smart and Haku Shah

by Sandhya Bordewekar

In the last week of February, while at the Tapi Utsav at Surat city in south Gujarat, I was intrigued and pleasantly surprised by an exhibition that brought together the works of Devi Prasad, Haku Shah and Vasudeo Smart. While the artworks of Devi Prasad and Haku Shah are well-known across India, Vasudeo

Visual Stories, Real and Confabulated

by Sandhya Bordewekar

“In the Light of….” curated by Gitanjali Dang at Gallery Ark, Vadodara is an ambitious show. It brings together photographs, paintings, drawings, embroidery, sculptures, installations, video, film screenings, talks, to take forward, into the depth of summer, the curatorial premise of ‘remembered

Jyotsna Bhatt (1940-2020) : A Personal Tribute

by Sandhya Bordewekar

Jyotsna Bhatt’s book, Celebrating Earth, was released last August in a warm ceremony at the Ceramic Centre in Baroda - a printed album of all her most important and innovative ceramic works - that spoke eloquently about her passion for her work, her personality, her life, so that very little

Sandhya Bordewekar

Bringing together Devi Prasad, Vasudeo Smart and Haku Shah

Visual Stories, Real and Confabulated

Jyotsna Bhatt (1940-2020) : A Personal Tribute

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